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Day 239 Jet Skies and Stingrays in Moorea Day 240 We arrived at our Bungalow in Bora Bora Day 241 Welcome to Paradise Day 242 Our breakfast view Day 243 Swimming with these guys...eeks! Day 244 ATV Tour in Bora Bora Day 245 We were sad to leave this place, but we were looking forward to getting home to Fox!

You've probably seen most of these pictures, but I'm trying to catch up on my daily pictures and there were no new ones from our vacation on my phone, so hang in there! Day 232 Leaving Phoenix! Day 233 Arrival in Tahiti Day 234 Our first day on the cruise Day 235 Our first shark experience! Day 236 Work never looked this good! Day 237 Exhausted, but happy after our rainy and cold excursion! Day 238 Dinner with new friends!

A few months ago, we found out that Fox developed food allergies.  It all started when we were in Chicago and Katie’s mom, who was taking care of him at the time, reported that he was throwing up his milk every time he drank it. We stopped giving him milk and took him to the doctor the next day to see if there was anything going on with him, but the doctor suspected it was the flu and said we can give him milk again after a couple of days. When we did, the same thing happened, so we switched to lactose free milk and just kept watching him. It all went well for a couple of days until he ate some cheese crackers and threw up all night long. We took him to the doctor again, where we finally received a referral for a blood draw. Let me just tell you, those five minutes were awful. He begged us for “no pokes” and screamed bloody murder when it happened, while we pinned him down. My Mama heart broke seeing him like this and not being able to explain to him why we were doing this ...

A few days after we returned from our trip, Fox had his first day of preschool. Well, the first day would've actually been while we were gone, but I didn't want him to have to start school when we are gone and of course, I also didn't want to miss his first day of school.  I mentioned it here before, I was SO nervous about him going to school. He is a little shy and he's never been anywhere without someone he knew. I was sure that it would be a few very hard weeks for all of us, that there would be a lot of tears and worry, but we knew that there wasn't another option and that it would be an amazing opportunity for him. I'm sure you have seen these on Pinterest...I couldn't resist. The plan is to take a picture with him wearing this shirt until he graduates...ha! Or, until he refuses...I'm sure that will happen way before graduation!  What a bittersweet moment to get my boy all ready for school. It was a little bit like the night before...

After all these vacation posts, it's back to regular scheduling over here! :) And what's better than some cute Fox pictures? This school bus was parked right in front of our house for weeks. When we left for the airport for our trip, I was thinking how awesome it would've been to take Fox's pictures in front of it, getting ready for his first day of preschool (although it will be years until he can ride a school bus).  I was so mad that I didn't think of this idea before, so what did I do...I texted Hannah and she got the job done for me while we were gone! Ha!  I was told that this killer smile cost her a popsicle with Mr. Fox! :) I really love these pics! And while the school bus was gone when we returned, it has been back almost every day for the last week. Not sure what's going on there, but they just keep parking it in front of our house, so if anyone else wants school bus pict...

You made it! It's the last vacation post! The last excursion we did was a ATV and Jet Skiing Tour, again on the Main Island.  Ready to leave the resort!  I sent this picture to my brother in law and he immediately commented how smart it was that Katie didn't let me drive my own ATV. He was referring to what happened on this vacation HERE ! Ha! Look familiar? Same spot the jeep tour brought us to, where we visited the canons! The tour also went to the bunker where I had my freakout, but this time they gave us a buffet local fruits to eat, which was amazing!  After our tour, we went jet skiing again.  Katie's favorite activity, can you tell? They brought us close to this small island where the water was super shallow and gave us some fruit. Isn't this cute? Well, here we are. I made it to the end of my vacation posts, whew! I'll be glad in a few years to have the...